Having counted the pennies in the collecting tin, it has been found to contain £186.33 (of which £40 was distinctly Scottish), €1.10 (?) and TT$1 (which is one Trinidadian Dollar). I think the only crew member hailing from the Caribbean will find it difficult to maintain anonymity!
I’m delighted to report that further kind pledges and an overseas donation from a very generous French General will add around £100 to this. Together with those of you who donated direct to the RBL in order to claim the Gift Aid, I think we are conservatively in the region of £300 all up, and probably a bit more. This is a tremendous sum given that there actually weren’t that many of us.
Thank you all very, very much indeed for being such generous shipmates.
It was a real pleasure Carl and hopefully one to be repeated sometime. Thank you!
Well, we shall certainly work on that! Still sorting out repairs after the infamous anchor incident. Interestingly, those quoting have said what a good structural repair was done in Scotland – well done Andy. Depending on repair timing, hoping to fit in an end-of-season trip to Dieppe at some stage, carefully worked around our cruise (aboard a slightly larger power-driven vessel) to the Caribbean in November! Great to see you all for lunch the other week and to experience the cubic inches of the mighty XK8 – thank you!